Posts published in “Santa Clara”

Yesterday the Santa Clara City Council voted unanimously to continue banning all types of cannabis businesses in the city for another six months after the existing ban expires at the end of this year until June 30, 2019. On November 6 voters in Santa Clara passed Measure M, which levies…

As American voters sent a record-high 124 women to Congress in Tuesday’s elections, voters in Santa Clara County also entrusted female candidates with the most powerful local political posts. If results as of Saturday evening hold, 45 of the 91 members of the 15 city councils in the county will be…

Susan Ellenberg has comfortably won the June 5 primary election for an open seat to represent District 4 (Santa Clara, Campbell, Southwest San Jose) on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, securing over one-third of 68,000+ voters that were cast for eight candidates. San Jose City Council member Don…

Susan Ellenberg Crushes the Competition! After months of campaigning and weeks of debates Susan Ellenberg pulled away from the rest of the field, securing about one-third of all the votes cast for Santa Clara County Supervisor District 4 in June 5’s primary elections. Currently former San Jose City Council…

Liar, bully, and corrupt sexual predator Dominic Caserta resigned in disgrace today from the Santa Clara City Council and suspended his campaign for Santa Clara County Supervisor after nine different women filed complaints of sexual harassment and assault by the former politician with the Santa Clara Police Department. Caserta…

For those that have followed the often explosive Santa Clara Councilmember Dominic Caserta it is not really surprising when someone accuses him of being a bully. The arrogance and slick talking City Councilmember that is one of the best of the regular Councilmembers that the 49ers can count on for…

The City of San Jose settled a lawsuit with Santa Clara over the City Place project and with the countersuit from Santa Clara over the Santana Row West project in San Jose. With the news from The Left Hook about San Jose waiving $32 Million in Traffic Impact Fees, it…

The Director of Human Resources for Santa Clara, Liz Brown, attempted to paint a picture of how these are not new positions but existing positions: In addition to incoming City Manager Deanna Santana, Santa Clara is burning public dollars on other executive staff. Scott McKibben (Stadium Authority Stadium Manager) and Manuel Pineda (Assistant City Manager)…

Once again the 49ers through their Stadium Management subsidiary are attempting to get extensions to the weeknight Stadium Curfew of 10:00 pm that was mandated in Measure J as well as the 2009 Draft EIR and the 2014 Final EIR. They attempted to pay for extra minor costs as well…

Santa Clara’s search for a new City Manager to help add stability has lurched forward with an announcement of Sunnyvale’s City Manager Deanna Santana. On the surface this appears to be a great “win” for Santa Clara, but it is far from clear that the “savior” that the City Council…